Jesse is an award-winning journalist currently producing podcasts for CNN Audio.
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Here’s why Boston doesn’t have an elected school committee
A new proposal to return to the days of an elected School Committee has reignited a long-simmering debate.
Journeymen: The Kids From Clifford Park
Once, a couple was having sex on the field; many times, overdoses beside the field; and always, like autumn leaves peppered across the grass, there were needles.
The Seaport Cost Billions To Build. What Will It Take To Save It?
When former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh took the stage at a 2017 ribbon-cutting in the Seaport District, he spoke with pride of a neighborhood “hitting its stride.”
“The Seaport,” Walsh said, “tells the story of our city.”
“The Seaport,” Walsh said, “tells the story of our city.”
Road Salt Is A Problem For Rivers. Adding Water May Be A Solution
A three-story-tall gate creaks open, and reveals a warehouse filled to the brim with brown crystals. It’s a mountain of rock salt.
With New Complaint, Fossil Fuel Divestment Proponents Shift From Moral To Legal Ground
Activists from Boston College and Harvard University are making a new argument in their fight agains climate change: Their schools’ fossil fuel investments aren’t just immoral, they’re illegal.
Is struggling press self-censoring?
Over the course of six months in 2020, Colorado endured its three largest wildfires in history.
But some journalists are intentionally leaving that climate context out of their wildfire coverage. Their reasoning? The term “climate change."
But some journalists are intentionally leaving that climate context out of their wildfire coverage. Their reasoning? The term “climate change."
Want More Electric Cars? First We Need More Places To Charge Them
Electric cars have been making quite a buzz recently.
President Biden has pledged to replace the entire U.S. federal fleet with electric vehicles. General Motors says it will sell only zero-emission vehicles – i.e., electric ones – by 2035. And the Massachusetts legislature has again sent a a sweeping climate bill to Gov. Charlie Baker, shooting for net-zero carbon emissions by mid-century and a 50% reduction in emissions by 2030. Baker says that to hit that 2030 mark, the state will need to ge
President Biden has pledged to replace the entire U.S. federal fleet with electric vehicles. General Motors says it will sell only zero-emission vehicles – i.e., electric ones – by 2035. And the Massachusetts legislature has again sent a a sweeping climate bill to Gov. Charlie Baker, shooting for net-zero carbon emissions by mid-century and a 50% reduction in emissions by 2030. Baker says that to hit that 2030 mark, the state will need to ge
Experts question surgeon general who talks God's 'plan' with pandemic
The nation's top doctor wants you to know "that God always has a plan." Experts say that's problematic.
Catholic connection to blackface goes back to the racist act's start
Recent revelations in Virginia involving the governor and attorney general, both of whom have admitted to using blackface in the 1980s, have brought national attention to the long history of blackface minstrelsy in this country. Little noticed in that history is the Catholic Church's connection to the offensive practice.
I am currently a podcast producer for CNN Audio.
My work has been featured on NPR, The Boston Globe, WBUR, and The National Catholic Reporter. I have been recognized for multiple national awards, including winning two Public Media Journalists Association awards and being named a finalist for a Religion News Association award.
I received my master's degree in journalism from Boston University, where I had the honor of being a Martin Luther King Jr. Fellow.
Before that, I spent two years in Washington, D.C., covering climate change and religious activism for National Catholic Reporter, an independent newspaper covering the Catholic Church.
I grew up in Arlington, Virginia, studied history at Duke University, and am a proud a Cameron Crazie. I also spent my first year out of college working with some amazing third graders in D.C. through the AmeriCorps City Year program. I'd love to introduce you to some of them on my multimedia website here.
You can reach me at jesseremedios@gmail.com or on Twitter @jcremedios.